A professor holds office hours during final exam week and discovers much to his dismay that his sudden popularity affords him little time to engage in his favorite activity, watching cat videos. Fifteen students per hour arrive at his office and he patiently answers questions, averaging three minutes per student. A student joins the line at 9:45 am and the test is at 10:00 am the same morning. How much time does the student have after getting his question answered to get to the exam room?     9 minutes     12 minutes     6 minutes     3 minutes

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  1. A professor holds office hours during final exam week and discovers much to his dismay that his sudden popularity affords him little time to engage in his favorite activity, watching cat videos. Fifteen students per hour arrive at his office and he patiently answers questions, averaging three minutes per student. A student joins the line at 9:45 am and the test is at 10:00 am the same morning. How much time does the student have after getting his question answered to get to the exam room?
   

9 minutes

   

12 minutes

   

6 minutes

   

3 minutes

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